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ShivamK Author

Level 1

24 points

Sidecar keeps freezing on iPad

I am on macOS Monterey 12.4 (M1 MacBook Air) and I use Sidecar with my 2018 iPad Pro WiFi on iPadOS 15.5. Ever since Universal Control was introduced, Sidecar has been really unstable. After connecting to my iPad using my Mac, the sidecar display freezes within 20 seconds of use. The iPad does not freeze, it's only the sidecar app that freezes.

I have tried rebooting both my devices. Disconnecting and reconnecting my iPad and other such generic attempts to troubleshoot. This is apparently a big problem for a lot of users and Sidecar is simply unusable. Please fix this ASAP.

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MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.4

Posted on Jun 14, 2022 12:27 AM

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calwong

Level 1

13 points

Posted on Feb 8, 2023 8:58 AM

Just thought I'd chime in and tell everyone what seemed to have worked for me having absorbed everything in this thread (which was, btw, "Hidden" by default on this page wtf apple)-- now running for 24h and it's working amazingly.

Specs: M1 14" Macbook Pro. Monterey, usb c hookup to M2 11" Ipad Pro

Disable Handoff on both devices
On macbook: Disable Keyboard/Mouse sharing/Universal Control in the Display Preferences (terrible feature anyway)
Restarted both my m2 Ipad Pro and m1 macbook pro

Note that it still worked terribly after just doing 1 and 2, it really took that step 3 to get everything to actually work well! IMHO putting Auto-Lock to either "Never" or "15 mins" helps too. Face ID is still active on my ipad.

Hope this helps! Im an artist that bought an Ipad Pro for using it as a wacom/cintiq replacement and was really frustrated that this didn't work out of the box.

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Z-fan

Level 1

8 points

Feb 8, 2023 9:23 AM in response to calwong

Well, my iPad Sidecar doesn’t freeze until 40 hours after restart.

calwong

Level 1

13 points

Feb 9, 2023 7:22 AM in response to Z-fan

Hmm yeah, you're 100% right, it started freezing again about 2 days after. I just restarted the ipad this time and now it's working again..... for another 48? who knows. kinda crappy apple!

yifan21

Level 1

13 points

Feb 15, 2023 12:21 PM in response to Z-fan

MacOS Ventura 13.2.1 and iPadOS 16.3.1 still haven’t solved the issue, have they?

Feb 16, 2023 9:10 AM in response to OrigamiFan1

Just did 13.2.1 update and Ipad Os update... freezing still persists. The accumulated time/ money wasted is creeping up to my replace with Wacom budget. Please fix this apple.

Mar 7, 2023 12:57 AM in response to Z-fan

Unfortunately, you are right. The problem persists. Today it froze again. Yeah, it sure sounds like the iPadOS that is glitchy. What a disappointment.